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  CEYLON - LoveToKnow Article on CEYLON
Ceylon is singularly rich in wading and water birdsibises, storks, egrets, spoonbills and herons being frequently seen on the wet sands, while flamingoes line the beach in long files, and on the deeper waters inland are found teal and a countless variety of ducks and smaller fowl.
A griculture.The natural soils of Ceylon are composed of quartzose gravel, felspathic clay and sand often of a pure white, blended with or overlaid by brown and red barns, resulting from the So decay of vegetable matter, or the disintegration of the gneiss and hornblende formations.
Ceylon has been celebrated since the middle of the 14th century for its cinnamon, and during the period of the Dutch occupation this spice was the principal article of commerce; under their rule and up to 1832 its cultivation was a government monopoly.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CE/CEYLON.htm   (10972 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Ceylon
Ceylon is rich in vegetation and scenery, and as the traveller proceeds from Colombo to Kandy (the seat of the ancient kings) and thence to Newara Eliya, it presents a panorama of beauty.
The wild men of Ceylon, known as the Veddas, "hunters", who inhabit a small area in the remote interior of the island and live principally by the bow and arrow, are the representatives of the aboriginal inhabitants whom Wijeya subdued.
Ceylon thus became a stronghold of Buddhism, and it was here that the Buddhist scriptures were first reduced to writing in 88.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/03547c.htm   (3511 words)

  
 Stash Tea: Stash Ceylon Breakfast Tea
Ceylon, or its contemporary name, Sri Lanka, is a beautiful tropical island that lies just 22 miles off the southern tip of India.
Ceylon tea is grown from sea level to altitudes exceeding 7000 feet.
The Ceylon tea used in our Breakfast blend comes from the southwestern area of the island, the Dimbula region, which is one of the original tea producing areas in Sri Lanka.
www.stashtea.com /w-111313.htm   (370 words)

  
 HMS Ceylon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
On 1 June Ceylon relieved the cruiser PHOEBE patrolling with a number of Indian sloops between the Mergui Achipelago and Port Blair in the Andaman Sea to prevent the evacuation of Japanese troops and supplies.
CEYLON lay in reserve until 1950 when she was recommissioned in order to relieve the cruiser BIRMINGHAM on the East Indies Station.
She was to be part of a cruiser squadron consisting of Jamaica, Newfoundland, Ceylon and Orion, escorting the Carrier Force Bulwark, Albion, Theseus and Ocean carrying troops taking part in Operation Musketeer Revise, the response of Britain and France to the nationalisation of the Suez canal by Egypt.
www.cronab.demon.co.uk /ceylon.htm   (2748 words)

  
 Ceylon Tea
Low to medium grown Ceylons, in my opinion, have no particular distinction as far as leaf style is concerned but they do show (dependent upon leaf grade) good cup strength and color.
Few of the Up-country Ceylons make these grades at all, their stable lines being B.O.P. and B.O.P.F. such as are so dominant in the U.K., Australia and (less so) in South Africa.
This tea possesses extraordinary quality in liquor, and is composed almost entirely of small “golden tips,” which are the extreme ends of the small succulent shoots of the plant, and the preparation of such tea is, of course, most costly.
www.nobleharbor.com /tea/ceylon.htm   (846 words)

  
 Birds » Wild Birds » Chicken - Ceylon Jungle Fowl Main Page
Most of the Ceylon Junglefowl?s body is a shiny flish-purple, except for the mantle, breast and outerwing feathers, which have orange borders and fl-brown interiors.
Ceylon Junglefowl cover their cold-sensitive toes with their breast feathers while roosting, so large-diameter perches should be provided to accomodate this habit.
Ceylon Junglefowl breed in the spring and in August to September.
www.centralpets.com /animals/birds/wild_birds/wbd4319.html   (638 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Ceylon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (ශ්රී ලංකා; in Sinhala / இலங்கை; in Tamil) (known as Ceylon before 1972) is a tropical island nation off the southeast coast of the Indian subcontinent.
The entire island was ceded to the British Empire in 1796 and became a crown colony in 1802.
In 1972, its name was changed to Sri Lanka, and in 1978 the legislative and judicial capital was moved from Colombo to nearby Sri Jayewardanapura Kotte.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Ceylon   (7045 words)

  
 Radio Ceylon - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
They say that broadcasting was started on an experimental basis in Ceylon by the Telegraph Department in 1923, just three years after the inauguration of broadcasting in Europe.
In the first ever radio experiments in Colombo, gramophone music was broadcast from a tiny room in the Central Telegraph Office with the aid of a small transmitter built by the Telegraph Department engineers from the radio equipment of a captured German submarine.
Edward Harper who came to Ceylon as Chief Engineer of the Telegraph Office in 1921, was the first person to actively promote broadcasting in Ceylon.
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /radio_ceylon.htm   (405 words)

  
 Ceylon Coin Web: coins currency of Ceylon Sri Lanka
Background and history: Ceylon, an Island of 25,000 square miles situated in the Indian Ocean 18 miles South East of India, has a rich Numismatic history dating back from, on the basis of Paleography, the second century BC and reflect her turbulent and sometimes violent history.
The Portuguese first landed in Ceylon in 1506 and ruled till 1658 when they were supplanted by the Dutch who in turn supplanted the British who seized the Dutch colonies in 1796 and assumed complete control of the Island in 1815, when for the first time a colonial power captured the hill-country kingdom of Kandy.
Ceylon coins from the Ancient 'Purana' coins to the latest Bi-metallic issues reflect her rich and varied history.
www.members.tripod.com /ceylonweb   (420 words)

  
 Red Ceylon Peach   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Marie Neal wrote that, in Hawaii, a type of peach with small fruits having whitish flesh was formerly grown from the lowlands to an altitude of 3,000 ft (900 m), but its cultivation was discouraged because of the prevalence of the Mediterranean fruit fly.
The 'Red Ceylon' and the 'Okinawa' have been used as rootstocks for peaches in central Florida, though such tender rootstocks may make the grafted tree inclined to cold-sensitivity.
In 1957, a hybrid between the 'Red Ceylon' and the 'Southland' peach was developed at the University of Florida's Agricultural Experiment Station in Gainesville.
www.hort.purdue.edu /newcrop/morton/red_ceylon_peach.html   (769 words)

  
 THE NAME “MOORS” A MISNOMER-ABSENCE OF INFORMATION REGARDING EARLY HISTORY-THE ARAB EMPIRE OF THE FIRST ...
However meager the material available, there is sufficient evidence to show, to the unprejudiced mind, that the Ceylon Moors had their origin from among the Arab traders and settlers of old who traveled across the seas in search of trade and barter during the earliest times of the history of Ceylon.
Like Hashim the heroes of the “Mayflower” left their home country for reasons of freedom and liberty; the one owing to religious persecution and the other owing to political intolerence, for we are left to infer that Hashim’s political creed was a danger to the tranquility of his country.
Those Arabs who had made Ceylon their home, with their children and grand children found themselves cut off from communication with Arabia, but their descendants have retained the religion and observances of their ancestors to the present day with that inward conservation which is a racial habit.
www.rootsweb.com /~lkawgw/slm-moor.htm   (3730 words)

  
 WWW Virtual Library:  Ceylon's saviour   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The 413 Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force, known as the "Tuskers", was in Ceylon to bolster the Allied Forces, on alert against an impending Japanese invasion.
The Allies believed that Japan intended to invade India and Ceylon to gain control of the Indian Ocean, which was the Allies' lifeline to the forces in the Middle East.
Dubbed the 'Saviour of Ceylon' by Winston Churchill, Birchall reflects that his sighting of the Japanese armada was the beginning of the end of Japanese successes in World War II.
www.lankalibrary.com /geo/japan1.htm   (1319 words)

  
 Ceylon Cat   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Ceylon Cat is a domestic breed, developed by the Cat Club of Sri Lanka (former Ceylon).
In 1980s its representatives were brought to Italy, where in 1984 at the Como Cat Show, they were introduced to the western public and were an immediate success.
Ceylon cat has the typical ticked coat of the modern Abyssinian, but with the addition of the barred leg-markings common in that breed at the turn of the century.
www.gorki.net /breeds/Ceylon.html   (338 words)

  
 Ceylon Tea - Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Prior to the 1860s, Ceylon's main crop was coffee and no grower showed much interest in tea.
A young man by the name of James Taylor arrived in Ceylon in 1852 to work for one of the large coffee growers.
Rapid expansion of the Ceylon's tea industry in the 1870s and 80s brought a good deal of interest from the large British companies, which took over many of the small estates.
www.ceylon-tea.info /articles.html   (990 words)

  
 Radio Ceylon mourns the death of President John F.Kennedy
Radio Ceylon highlighted the news of a visit of a delegation from Ceylon which included Dr.N.M.Perera.
Ceylon and the United States enjoyed warm diplomatic relations during the Kennedy era.
John F.Kennedy was held in respect in Ceylon - by Ceylonese politicians across the political divide.
ivan_corea.tripod.com /radioceylon_jfkennedy   (887 words)

  
 Ceylon, MN - Minnesota Florists, buy flowers from your local full service retail flower shops and florist serving ...
Ceylon, Minnesota Florists have been brought to you by Flower Shop Network, a directory of United States and Canadian florists.
It is vitally important that you provide Ceylon, Minnesota Florists with accurate, detailed information regarding the name and address of the person to whom you are sending flowers.
When placing an order for Delivery in Ceylon, Minnesota, it is usually wise to keep the order simple, the less specific you are in your request, the less room for error.
www.flowershopnetwork.com /directory/MinnesotaFlorists/Ceylon.php   (858 words)

  
 Explore Sri Lanka - The Story of Ceylon Tea
Most of the Ceylon tea gardens are situated at elevations between 3,000 and 8,000 feet in two areas of the southwestern part of the island, to the east of Colombo and in the Galle district on the southern point.
Products containing 100 percent Ceylon tea are now using the Lion logo, developed by the Ceylon Tea Board, that guarantees the country of origin and protects the image of Sri Lanka’s quality teas.
Ceylon is known, on the whole, for tea which has undergone the process which produces fl tea (that is, fully oxidized).
www.angelfire.com /wi/SriLanka/ceyl_tea.htm   (4809 words)

  
 tea : uptontea.com - information online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
During the next twenty years, in a frantic effort to avoid financial ruin, planters in Ceylon converted their decimated acreage to tea; it was a remarkable effort that involved the wide-scale uprooting and burning of millions of infected coffee bushes.
Although many influential and successful planters were responsible for transforming Ceylon from ruined a coffee-producing region to one famous worldwide for its tea, nearly all of their names have been forgotten except for one -- Thomas Lipton.
Already a millionaire grocer by the time he looked into tea prospects in Ceylon in 1888, Lipton decided that the best way to make money in the lucrative European tea market was to eliminate the costly middlemen and develop a direct source for tea.
www.uptontea.com /shopcart/information/INFOCeylonHist.asp   (532 words)

  
 Journal of Buddhist Ethics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Cults, Rituals, Ceremonies and Festivals: A Study of Buddhism in Ceylon in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries (circa 1400-1600).
Dhammavisuddhi Thera, Y. The Buddhist Saṇgha in Ceylon (Circa AḌ.
Vāliviṭa Saraṇaṇkara and the Revival of Buddhism in Ceylon.
jbe.gold.ac.uk /4/deeg1.html   (4550 words)

  
 Ceylon teapots - Ib mring   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Ceylon Former name of Sri Lanka used when referring to tea grown on the island.
Ceylon Breakfast A blend of fine teas grown on theproducing a rich golden liquor with superb flavour.
Ceylon Tea The common name of teas grown in Sri Lankathis example was taken as representative of chocolate teapots in general.
www.ibmring180.com /ceramics-porcelain/teapots-sets/ceylon-teapots.html   (514 words)

  
 Various. Seven Icelandic Short Stories   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The elephant, the lord paramount of the Ceylon...
Between the African elephant and that of Ceylon,...
Valuable notices of Ceylon shells are to be...
tianjin.physics-of-billiard.com   (5587 words)

  
 Ceylon Wallin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Ceylon er også kendt for at være blevet afbildet på frimærke.
Den formodentlig mest kendte melodi efter Ceylon er "Polska efter båtsman Däck".
Ceylon var aktivt spillende lige indtil sin død og kunne således opleves bl.a.
www.folketshus.dk /cgi-bin/visnode.cgi?bi-ceylon   (315 words)

  
 Properties of Ceylon Tea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Ceylon tea is one of the most frequently served beverages in Arab homes.
There are different kinds of Ceylon tea, varying in flavor according to where they are grown on the island.
Ceylon tea is sweetened with sugar or honey, and sometimes flavored with milk and lemon.
arabicfood.articleinsider.com /109054_ceylon_tea.html   (397 words)

  
 Encyclopedia of Sri Lanka by Charles Gunawardena   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Between 1959 and 1972 he worked in information and press relations for the Sri Lankan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, both at the Ministry in Colombo and in diplomatic postings in London and New Delhi.
Earlier he was a journalist with the Ceylon Daily News in Colombo and also reported on Sri Lankan affairs for various international publications, including The Economist and the Christian Science Monitor.
It is held sacred by the Buddhists, as well as by the followers of the country's other faiths.
www.srilanka-encyclopedia.com   (1284 words)

  
 DRAVIDIAN SETTLENTSINCEYLON   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
While it is true that there were Tamil Buddhists in South India and Ceylon before the twelfth century and possibly even later, there is evidence to show that the Buddhists who occupied the Jaffn peninsula in the Anuradhapura period were Sinhalese.
Its chief importance lies in the fact that it led to the permanent dislodgement of Sinhalese power from northern Ceylon, the confiscation by Tamils and Keralas of lands and properties belonging to the Sinhalese and the consequent migration of the official class and many of the common people to the south
In 1965 he was awarded the Ph D by the University of London, for his research on "Dravidian Settlements in Ceylon and the beginnings of the Jaffna Kingdom", which he did at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS).
www.spur.asn.au /drav.htm   (2541 words)

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